Election Name: | 1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election |
Country: | New Jersey |
Flag Year: | 1788 |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1892 New Jersey gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1892 |
Next Election: | 1898 New Jersey gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1898 |
Election Date: | November 5, 1895 |
Image1: | John W. Griggs (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | John W. Griggs |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 162,900 |
Percentage1: | 52.3% |
Nominee2: | Alexander T. McGill |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 136,000 |
Percentage2: | 43.6% |
Map Size: | 280px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | George Theodore Werts |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | John W. Griggs |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1895. Republican nominee John W. Griggs defeated Democratic nominee Alexander T. McGill with 52.28% of the vote.
Griggs was the first Republican elected Governor of New Jersey since Marcus Lawrence Ward in 1865. His election culminated a political realignment in the state from slightly-but-solidly Democratic to Republican; Republicans would not lose another gubernatorial election until 1910.